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United States General Election Exit Polls Series

Investigator(s): National Election Pool (NEP)

The General
Election Exit Polls series is conducted by the National Election Pool
(NEP) from results obtained from interviews of a sample of voters
exiting polling places in individual states in the nation on election
day. It provides data on voters' choices in the senate, congressional,
and gubernatorial races, and the issues and factors that most
influenced those votes, as well as their opinions on presidential
candidates, various referendas and propositions on the ballot, and
other social issues. The data consist of individual state exit polls,
a national exit poll, and a combined data file containing the
responses to questions asked of every respondent. The National
Election Pool replaces the Voter News Service, which took the the
place of Voter Research and Surveys as the compiler of this
data.